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Virginia: ESA Section 6 Program
Virginia
Photo: State Seal
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Richmond, VA
Cooperative Agreement signed: December 1, 2009
Amended: December 10, 2012
Virginia's agreement lists the following species:
Endangered
- Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus):
» New York Bight Distinct Population Segment (DPS)
» Chesapeake Bay DPS
» Carolina DPS
» South Atlantic DPS - Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
- Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
- Hawksbill sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
- Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
- Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)
- Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
- North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
- Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
- Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
- Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
Threatened
- Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus):
» Gulf of Maine DPS - Green turtle (Chelonia mydas)*
*Green turtles are listed as threatened, except for breeding populations of green turtles in Florida and on the Pacific coast of Mexico, where they are listed as endangered. - Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
Note: To be eligible for funding through the Species Recovery Grants program, species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) must be covered by the State's section 6 agreement. Proposed and candidate species that occur in the State do not need to be listed on the agreement to be eligible for funding.
Updated May 20, 2014